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Methyl recycling activities are co-ordinately regulated during plant development by Pereira, LAR, Todorova, M, Cai, X, Makaroff, CA, Emery, RJN, Moffatt, BA

“…A large number of compounds including lignin, phospholipids, pectin, DNA, mRNA, and proteins require methyl groups for their functionality. A detailed study of…”
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Expressed sequence tags from the Yukon ecotype of Thellungiella reveal that gene expression in response to cold, drought and salinity shows little overlap by Wong, C.E, Li, Y, Whitty, B.R, Diaz-Camino, C, Akhter, S.R, Brandle, J.E, Golding, G.B, Weretilnyk, E.A, Moffatt, B.A, Griffith, M

“…Thellungiella salsuginea (also known as T. halophila) is a close relative of Arabidopsis that is very tolerant of drought, freezing, and salinity and may be an…”
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Isolation and Characterization of Mutants Defective in Seed Coat Mucilage Secretory Cell Development in Arabidopsis by Western, Tamara L., Burn, Joanne, Wei Ling Tan, Skinner, Debra J., Luke Martin-Mc Caffrey, Moffatt, Barbara A., Haughn, George W.

“…In Arabidopsis, fertilization induces the epidermal cells of the outer ovule integument to differentiate into a specialized seed coat cell type producing…”
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Deficiency of adenosine kinase activity affects the degree of pectin methyl-esterification in cell walls of Arabidopsis thaliana by Pereira, L. A. R., Schoor, S., Goubet, F., Dupree, P., Moffatt, B. A.

“…Pectin methyl-esterification is catalysed by S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM)-dependent methyltransferases. As deficiency in adenosine kinase (ADK; EC 2.7.1.20)…”
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Chitinase Genes Responsive to Cold Encode Antifreeze Proteins in Winter Cereals by Sansun Yeh, Moffatt, Barbara A., Griffith, Marilyn, Fei Xiong, Daniel S. C. Yang, Steven B. Wiseman, Sarhan, Fathey, Danyluk, Jean, Yi Qi Xue, Hew, Choy L., Amanda Doherty-Kirby, Gilles Lajoie

“…Antifreeze proteins similar to two different chitinases accumulate during cold acclimation in winter rye (Secale cereale). To determine whether these…”
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Isolation and characterization of ACC deaminase genes from two different plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria by Shah, S, Li, J, Moffatt, B A, Glick, B R

“…We have recently proposed that one way that plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) stimulate plant growth is through the activity of the enzyme…”
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Adenosine Kinase of Arabidopsis. Kinetic Properties and Gene Expression by Moffatt, Barbara A., Wang, Li, Mike S. Allen, Yvonne Y. Stevens, Qin, Wensheng, Jamie Snider, Klaus von Schwartzenberg

“…To assess the functional significance of adenosine salvage in plants, the cDNAs and genes encoding two isoforms of adenosine kinase (ADK) were isolated from…”
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Maintaining Methylation Activities during Salt Stress. The Involvement of Adenosine Kinase by Weretilnyk, Elizabeth A., Kristin J. Alexander, Martina Drebenstedt, Jamie D. Snider, Peter S. Summers, Moffatt, Barbara A.

“…Synthesis of the compatible osmolyte Gly betaine is increased in salt-stressed spinach (Spinacia oleracea). Gly betaine arises by oxidation of choline from…”
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Cytochemical analysis of pollen development in wild-type Arabidopsis and a male-sterile mutant by Regan, S.M. (University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada), Moffatt, B.A

“…Microsporogenesis has been examined in wild-type Arabidopsis thaliana and the nuclear male-sterile mutant BM3 by cytochemical staining. The mutant lacks…”
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Use of bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase to direct selective high-level expression of cloned genes by Studier, F W, Moffatt, B A

“…A gene expression system based on bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase has been developed. T7 RNA polymerase is highly selective for its own promoters, which do not…”
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Antifreeze protein produced endogenously in winter rye leaves by Griffith, Marilyn, Paul Ala, Daniel S. C. Yang, Wai-Ching Hon, Moffatt, Barbara A.

“…After cold acclimation, winter rye (Secale cereale L.) is able to withstand the formation of extracellular ice at freezing temperatures. We now show, for the…”
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T7 lysozyme inhibits transcription by T7 RNA polymerase by Moffatt, B A, Studier, F W

“…The selectivity of T7 RNA polymerase for its own promoters is used to direct all transcription and replication to bacteriophage T7 DNA during infection. We now…”
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Determination of 1-aminocycopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) to assess the effects of ACC deaminase-containing bacteria on roots of canola seedlings by Penrose, D M, Moffatt, B A, Glick, B R

“…Previously, it was proposed that plant growth-promoting bacteria that possess the enzyme, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) deaminase, can reduce the…”
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Entry of bacteriophage T7 DNA into the cell and escape from host restriction by MOFFATT, B. A, STUDIER, F. W

“…Article Usage Stats Services JB Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Isolation and characterization of an unusual 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) deaminase gene from Enterobacter cloacae UW4 by JIPING LI, SHAH, Salehuzzeman, MOFFATT, Barbara A, GLICK, Bernard R

“…A genomic library of the 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) deaminase-containing plant growth-promoting bacterium Enterobacter cloacae UW4 in pUC19 in…”
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A complete cDNA for adenine phosphoribosyltransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana by MOFFATT, B. A, MCWHINNIE, E. A, BURKHART, W. E, PASTERNAK, J. J, ROTHSTEIN, S. J

“…An intact cDNA from Arabidopsis thaliana for adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT) was isolated and sequenced. The cDNA is 729 nucleotides in length and…”
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Functional Divergence in the Arabidopsis  -1,3-Glucanase Gene Family Inferred by Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Expression States by Doxey, A. C., Yaish, M. W. F., Moffatt, B. A., Griffith, M., McConkey, B. J.

“…Plant beta-1,3-glucanases (beta-1,3-Gs) (E.C. 3.2.1.39 [EC]) comprise large, highly complex gene families involved in pathogen defense as well as a wide range…”
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Synaesthesia: A Case Study of Discordant Monozygotic Twins by Smilek, D., Moffatt, B. A., Pasternak, J., White, B. N, Dixon, M. J. Dixon, Merikle, P. M.

“…We describe a study of 11-year-old twin sisters who are physically identical in appearance but who have considerably different conscious experiences. One twin…”
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Purification of adenine phosphoribosyltransferase from Brassica juncea by Moffatt, B A, Somerville, C R

“…Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase was purified from Brassica juncea leaves approximately 4000-fold, to homogeneity. The native enzyme is a homodimer, with a Mr…”
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Male sterility associated with APRT deficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana results from a mutation in the gene APT1 by Gaillard, C, Moffatt, B A, Blacker, M, Laloue, M

“…Four mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana that are deficient in adenine phosphoribosyl transferase (APRT) activity have been isolated by selecting for germination…”
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